{"id":22884,"date":"2026-07-02T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co-compassion.com\/?p=22884"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:58:37","slug":"the-power-of-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co-compassion.com\/pt\/the-power-of-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Now (Eckhart Tolle)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22884\" class=\"elementor elementor-22884\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e27d0bd e-flex e-con-boxed sc_inner_width_none sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6e27d0bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38462c73 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38462c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Introduction<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW101272188 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Why do we suffer long after a traumatic event has ended? Eckhart Tolle&#8217;s spiritual classic, The Power of Now, addresses this question by examining the structure of the human mind itself. In Compassionate Inquiry (CI), we\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">recognise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0that the mind constantly generates stories that keep us trapped in past pain.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">CI\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0poses<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0a radical question to the client: &#8220;If you are not what happened to you, and you are not your limitations, coping strategies or failures, who are you?&#8221; Tolle&#8217;s work provides\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0philosophical framework to answer this. He teaches that trauma and suffering survive solely through our unconscious identification with the egoic mind. This book is an invitation to step out of the relentless stream of thought and discover the unbreakable, radiant presence that exists purely in the current moment, a place no traumatic memory can reach.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW101272188 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d3de6 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52d3de6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Summary of the Book<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW71439319 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Power of Now posits that human suffering is fundamentally an illusion created by the mind&#8217;s obsession with the past and the future. Tolle argues that the &#8220;ego,&#8221; the false\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">self constructed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0by our history, societal conditioning, and trauma, requires the concept of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">psychological time to survive. To avoid facing the emptiness of the present, the ego constantly re-lives old pain or\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">anticipates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"> future disasters. Tolle introduces the concept of the &#8220;pain-body,&#8221; an accumulation of old, unresolved\u00a0 \u00a0emotional energy that lives within us and periodically <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">feeds on<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92806310 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0new drama. True liberation, Tolle asserts, is only achieved through profound disidentification from the mind and anchoring our consciousness completely in the &#8220;Now,&#8221; primarily through feeling the inner body.<\/span> <\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW139775463 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW218660979 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW218660979 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Pain-Body and Emotional Charges<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW218660979 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Tolle&#8217;s &#8220;pain-body&#8221; aligns precisely with how CI views triggered emotions. In CI, we teach that a trigger is never about the present moment; it is an echo of the past. The pain-body is a semi-autonomous energy form that awakens when provoked,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">seeking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0to feed on negative thoughts and conflict. When CI\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">asks clients to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">practise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0a body scan to discover &#8220;what emotions they store in various areas of the body, and what those emotions would say,&#8221; it is a direct method of confronting the pain-body. By becoming a conscious witness to the physical sensation of the emotion, the client stops feeding it with mental drama, allowing the old energy to finally dissolve.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW169203374 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW254903086 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW254903086 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Disidentifying from the Story<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW254903086 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">Trauma survivors often construct an identity around their\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">victimhood<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">. The mind loves its tragic narrative because it provides a strong, if painful, sense of self. Tolle teaches that we are not our mind; we are the silent awareness\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">observing<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"> the mind. In therapy, a CI practitioner will often gently interrupt\u00a0 a client who is lost in\u00a0 a repetitive, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">intellectualised<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW37521076 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">\u00a0story about their past. The goal is to break the unconscious identification with the egoic narrative and redirect the client&#8217;s attention to the immediate, visceral reality of the present moment.<\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW71413754 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6290390 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6290390 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The Portal of the Inner Body<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW6290390 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW104857094 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86671347 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86671347 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">The most effective way to enter the &#8220;Now&#8221; is through the physical body. Trauma causes us to\u00a0 disconnect from our physical form, living entirely in our heads as a protective mechanism.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Tolle advocates for placing deep attention on the inner energy field of the body. This is directly\u00a0 \u00a0 echoed in CI&#8217;s regular use of the body scan as a home practice. By drawing consciousness out of the anxious mind and down into the arms, legs, chest, and breath, clients <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86671347 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">establish<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86671347 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\"> an &#8220;island of safety.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In the pure presence of the body, psychological time collapses, and with it, the survival architecture of trauma<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW86671347 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW86671347 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p><h3 data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conclusion<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><p data-ccp-border-bottom=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-bottom=\"0px\" data-ccp-border-between=\"0px none #000000\" data-ccp-padding-between=\"0px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW133092876 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW133092876 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Br\u00f6dtext\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;994c9a8f-9db1-5adc-af10-cba5ef8295e7|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Br\u00f6dtext&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Brdtext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Cambria&quot;,469769226,&quot;Cambria,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;,335559740,&quot;276&quot;,201341983,&quot;0&quot;,335559739,&quot;200&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;]}\">What The Power of Now ultimately offers is a map for psychological healing drawn in spiritual rather than clinical language. It teaches that while the past gave us our trauma, it is only our present mind that keeps it alive. 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